Million Dollar Days
Welcome to Million Dollar Days with Robby Choucair & George Passas. Your go-to podcast for a deep dive into the world of Life and Business Mastery.
Join hosts Robby Choucair and George Passas, a dynamic marketer and a seasoned Entrepreneur, as they navigate through an array of intriguing topics ranging from the everyday to the extraordinary.
Robby brings his marketing expertise to the table, offering insights into the latest strategies and trends. George, with his extensive experience in business, provides a grounded, practical perspective. Together, they explore everything from the feasibility of alien existence to effective goal setting, and even the nuances of religion.
Million Dollar Days is not just about business acumen; it's an exploration of life's many facets, wrapped up in conversations that are as enlightening as they are entertaining.
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Million Dollar Days
The Busy Trap
In the hustle-driven culture we live in, relaxation often feels like a luxury rather than a necessity. However, in this episode, Robby and George highlights why balancing hustle with relaxation is vital for sustainable success. We’ll dive into the importance of creating a rhythm between intense work periods and moments of complete relaxation to maintain peak performance.
Next, strap in for an exhilarating discussion on escapism through entertainment. Whether it's feeling the rush of jet skiing or losing yourself in the nostalgic world of classic video games like RuneScape and Age of Empires, we explore how these activities offer a much-needed break from reality. We reflect on the diverse tastes people have for movies and games, and even touch on how hitting the gym can sometimes feel like forced escapism, yet still serves its purpose. It's a thrilling journey through our favorite ways to momentarily disconnect.
Listen in as we discuss actionable strategies to help you incorporate more relaxation into your busy schedule without sacrificing your ambitions. By the end of this episode, you’ll understand how a well-balanced approach can lead to greater achievements and a more fulfilling life.
I've got a question. So you guys always talk about being busy, like grinding, busy, busy, busy. But it is so easy to be busy nowadays because there's like a ton of information. You can learn anything everywhere all at once. So what is the opposite skill? Do you think it is a skill to be able to do nothing?
Speaker 2:Well, what to do nothing? For what purpose, though?
Speaker 1:Yeah, like, do you think it is like purposefully like to do nothing?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think it is, if it's, if it needs to, if it's a reset, like like meditation.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes. A reset Like meditation. Yes, yes, yes. Do you have the ability to do nothing for like a couple of hours a day a week?
Speaker 3:Me yeah, I go to the bush. Talk about that. Sick Went to the bush, of course you clapped. Yeah, I like it. Iggs Went to pushed oh, of course you clap.
Speaker 2:Um, yeah, I like it. It's big, it's, it's I G Z Iggy, iggy my um, my brother. Speaking of Iggy, my brother from another mother, not from the same mother. In this instance he, uh, he's not my mom when same, although in this instance he his name. Well, mum, before he was born, my mum was going to call him Ignatius.
Speaker 3:No.
Speaker 2:Yeah, swear to God. Ignatius means saint, does it?
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Anyway, she was going to call him Ignatius and then someone came in and said she's like, oh, you know what are you going to call your son? She's like, oh, Ignatius. And she's like oh, Iggy, Because Iggy's short for Ignatius, and she's like what? She's like no, Ignatius. I was like, yeah, Iggy, that's the nickname. And apparently she hated the name Iggy, so don't ever introduce yourself to my mum. There you go. She hated the name Iggy, so she changed it to Nathan. Were your parents at your birthday? Yeah, Did you not meet them? Have you met them before Me?
Speaker 3:and my dad, my mum. I met your dad. I've never met you, mum. Oh, I didn't even think I was a bit surprised at my birthday.
Speaker 2:Didn't know what was going on.
Speaker 3:Yeah, really Didn't know where the projector was. I met your dad at. Yeah, you only met him at somewhere. Lake, oh, the Gamby, the Gamby Lake.
Speaker 2:Yeah, gamby Lake, yeah. So the last three weeks I don't know if we've spoken about this Last three weeks I've been solo, flying, solo at work, got half the team on annual leave. Yeah, you mentioned the briefing. Yeah, but it kind of ties into what Iggy mentioned. How's that going? Yeah, pretty good, in the sense, better than I thought I thought I'd be. You know what? I think I was prepared from day one, like I knew it was coming, I knew it was going to happen and I knew I just had to get through it and work hard and just be really organized. This is last week, yeah, like Simon's back on Monday and then Angelo's still a little while away, while away. But shit's getting done. Man, he doesn't do anything anyway. What the fuck is he doing here in the first place? But it's funny, you mentioned that right.
Speaker 2:So I look at everything I've had to do. The role of five people, say I went out there. My pa quit for the one I had. She uh left about three, four weeks ago. So I went on the hunt, found a new one, great girl, doing really good so far, uh, helping me a bunch. So that was a good hire. And then on top of that I've just had to be on top of all my work and everyone else's and making sure shit's still getting done. And guess what? Everything's getting done. Nothing's behind, nothing's out of control, everything's scheduled. And are you working like ridiculously? Not ridiculously, I am working harder.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah, of course you're doing more.
Speaker 2:That's right. That's right. And there's been times like I've gone home and worked. Yeah, when the kids are in bed I'll get up or not get up. I'll go to the office, into the study at home and I'll pump out some hours, do some invoicing, do whatever I've got to do. Just, it has to be done. It's like what you said last episode Don't do your best, do what's required and that's what's required. So I've had to do it. It's not going to go away and, as a result, I've been so organized, things haven't been getting missed. There's just nothing that's astray. You know what I mean. There's no loose ends. I was expecting to go oh fuck, I would have forgotten about that. Oh shit, I haven't done that. I haven't done that. But there's been no loose ends. And it makes me think a little bit about well, my employees are busy, but are they productive? And ties into a little bit what Iggy said. You know, is it ever good not to do anything as well?
Speaker 3:Do you ever not do anything? What is your perfect? I think everyone has downtime, whether you're aware of it or not. Yeah, what's your perfect? Downtime, perfect downtime, huh yeah.
Speaker 2:I really enjoy just sitting at home and watching a movie, even going to the movies, I actually really enjoy it. Yeah, I know you're not a movie buff.
Speaker 3:There's a part of me that wants to go and eat some popcorn or something. Come with me. Me and nicole are gonna go?
Speaker 2:yeah, I'm gonna go watch. Uh, let me know, watch the new deadpool movie done and yeah, just in the middle.
Speaker 3:This is great. What's he doing? Yeah, what's his name? So, uh, what did I say before?
Speaker 2:Yeah, but it's like I enjoy doing that. I actually enjoy just taking two hours out of my day just watching a movie, instead of eating popcorn, having an ice cream. What's your favorite movie? I don't know, go on, I mean, if we're going to go. What's your favorite movie of all time? I mean, I love the Lord of the rings movies, like all of them. Yeah, I liked all them. The matrix movies were cool, the first three, the other ones, I think there was a fourth one that was shit, but they were cool.
Speaker 2:Um, oh, the avengers, like the marvel stuff, like I grew up on all of those superheroes so it was a lot of nostalgia watching them as they've come through the years. Now, watching all that stuff. Uh, what else was there? Yeah, I just tend to like movies, like good stories. I was reading where was it? Yeah, I was watching something on tip tiktok and it was saying like how movies are a state of hypnosis.
Speaker 2:Well, you do, you get caught up in. That's right, it's your good. Storytelling is an act of hypnosis where they will lead you down an emotional path without you even knowing it. And the reason that this came up was because I was talking about a recent Star Wars, the Acolyte series that they've got and how all the fans are fucking hating it. Out of recent star wars, the acolyte series that they've got, and how all the fans are fucking hating it.
Speaker 2:And he goes. It's not because the idea of this whole show is bad. It's because the storytelling is shit and people are breaking their hypnotic state whilst watching the show and unconsciously going that's shit. That's shit because and they're not liking the show so they're breaking out of state. That's Because they're breaking out of state. That's right, because they're breaking out of state. It was. It was really interesting, especially because I'd recently done a little six-days course on MLP and hypnotic language and all that sort of stuff. So it was interesting to listen to him about how movies do that. And when you're captivated in a movie and you're watching a movie and you want to know what happens next, you're not thinking about oh fuck, that character just said this. That's bad. Oh, and a lot of these things are like politically. There's political agendas behind them too and there's like an underlying agenda yeah, but but this is what he was also saying.
Speaker 2:He goes but say or use star wars, for example, because star wars have always had a political stance in everything he goes. The older movies just had much better storytelling, whereas in this one, in this current show, the political underline is obvious and then people break that state and go this is shit. Why the fuck am I watching this? So I thought that was quite interesting.
Speaker 3:There's someone I can't remember who said it. So you know how people, you know how you block, you know how you block a sale. So actually you instantly reject it. Oh, yes, you're like oh no, he's trying to sell to me. Yeah, it's like they can't block what they don't see coming. Yes, yes, it's so underlying. If it's so, yeah, coming, yes, yes, so underlying. If it's so, yeah, there's a word for it and I can't remember what it is right now. It's like, if it's so indirect, but it's not indirect, like you're saying, underground influence, like covert, yeah, no, covert yeah, I mean covert.
Speaker 2:I don't know if it is, but it makes sense covert is that?
Speaker 3:does that mean it's like secret? Yeah, like covertly secret? Yeah, yeah, they can't stop it. Yeah, they don't see it coming. They don't know what the-. How can you stop something? You can't-. Yeah, you don't know how to tell people, do you?
Speaker 2:Absolutely. So yeah, I enjoy that. I think that's my relaxing thing.
Speaker 3:Yeah, okay, so George has had a shit week and he's been working too hard and he just needs to stop, like I just need to just hit the reset button. What do you do? What do you do Not? What should the listeners do? What does George?
Speaker 2:Passus do I'm thinking because I feel that sometimes, especially lately, even when I have that, say, it's been a hectic week, I feel like my mind doesn't stop lately. Do you ever feel like that, even when I'm doing something that I want to? Example, jet skiing. Okay, I've been on times where I've been on my ski and like that to me is like I've had times where I'm like this is the best, like just cruising, doing my own thing. But I've had times on it where I'm like you know, it wasn't as I didn't feel the sense of freedom that I felt in the past, because I just got so much shit going on okay, so I wasn't able to fully disengage and I felt like that a lot sometimes.
Speaker 2:So even sometimes now I might go the thing I like about, say, if it's a good movie, it takes my mind off things. That's why I think I like the movie, because it allows me to switch off. I think even video games may have an effect like that too. If you're just sitting there and just playing some video games, it just takes your mind off what's going on in the real world. It's an escapism, 100%. But we're talking about something to escape and just to unwind in this instance.
Speaker 3:There's people who do that, who watch movies every night. Yeah, because they're trying to escape 100%. People who play games. Yeah, people who play games Dude. Growing up I played games, so did I, so did I.
Speaker 2:I mean, I haven't played for a long time, but have you ever played a game?
Speaker 3:called RuneScape.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:You have yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:I used to play RuneScape when I was a kid. Yeah, I never got into it. Age of Empires you ever play that sick so cool. Age of Empires 2 Kevin the Ninja Game Packer yeah, that's right.
Speaker 3:I used to play RuneScape for like 14 hours, like I would just sit on the computer dude. Yeah, I used to play Barby's Membership. It was 12 bucks, oh good what was the other one?
Speaker 2:like Warcraft, not World of I never got world of warcraft, but like warcraft 3, like where it's, it's similar to frozen throne frozen throne, that's the one. Yeah, yeah, that was cool. That was a cool game. I played that for ages.
Speaker 3:I'm succeeding you, father no idea, I am the war chief, is that? Oh, you don't. Is that my name is Dingo? There is all you OG gamers out there taking you back? Is that like a league you?
Speaker 2:see a lot of people play league A little bit. So Dota is like that. Do you ever play Dota?
Speaker 1:Yes, I still play it.
Speaker 2:Do you?
Speaker 1:Me too, I haven't played for a long time.
Speaker 2:I've played it for like 16. Yeah, so it's defense of the ancients. It's similar to like it's actually what's the other one you're just gonna go home and play. It is the basis base of warcraft, like dota, was a map on warcraft that's right, it was because it's a very a lot of characters from that thing. But what's the other one? Um, league of legends. See, that's it.
Speaker 1:I thought it was was dota before league of legends so dota was first yeah dota was actually first in starcraft in the early 2000s yes, and then somebody put it in warcraft, so they built a map called dota yes, and then there were some developers. One of the developer went and did league of legends because it's a direct copy of it was.
Speaker 2:From what I saw, it was a direct copy of um dota, because the characters were very similar but just had different so it is called a moba game.
Speaker 1:Uh, what kind of moba moba.
Speaker 2:What do you mean?
Speaker 3:uh, hell, no idea like yeah so there's like heroes of never seen league of legends, dota.
Speaker 1:All are called mobas, yeah so did you play runescape no well, I want to play runescape anyway.
Speaker 2:So I I think I would in the day as well. I mean, even during covid, thinking back now, there were times at nighttime where I would play assassin's creed and a great game, loved it, a really cool game, but it's one of those games that you play for 80 hours before you clock it like it's a long game. It takes a long time. Oh man, they're the ones I like, because it's like a story. Again, that hypnotic state we're talking about maybe, yeah, you do. You go from one campaign to the other. You've got to kill this person, you've got to find that person, you've got to speak to that person.
Speaker 3:Weird that.
Speaker 2:I don't like those games and that I don't like movies, maybe, yeah, yes, you are weird.
Speaker 3:No, no, no. I'm saying like the connection, I wasn't saying me.
Speaker 2:Okay, yeah, I don't know I, I just don't there's obviously something there, then definitely, yeah, you could feel that.
Speaker 3:Is it a sense? Do you feel like it's?
Speaker 2:a waste of your time. I just don't. I get bored. Yeah, yeah, I don't know like this is no, you don't get any entertainment out of that I have a movie yeah, sick movie dude yeah, but if you don't sit in and watch any movie how you know, it's gonna be yeah, like, even if it's a sick movie, I'm not like.
Speaker 3:that was amazing. I wish I would watch it again. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't watch many movies, but when I recommend a movie to someone like Super Bumped, have you ever watched it? Watch it.
Speaker 2:I haven't watched.
Speaker 3:I do. I'm sure I'll have it laying in the office all the time.
Speaker 1:Absolutely.
Speaker 2:Well, we'll have some time now, so that's cool. Yeah, that's what I tend to look at doing. I mean, the gym's been a bit like that for me of late too, but it's forced. I kind of make my the gym's good but, like, every time you leave the gym you're never like fuck, I wish I never did that.
Speaker 1:You know, what I mean.
Speaker 2:You've always feel like you're refreshed and good and ready to go and glad that you've always worked out, even though sometimes especially the last three weeks, which I've been really pumped about I haven't missed a gym session over the last three weeks, even though I could have very easily just called my trainer and said, oi, not happening. I thought, nah, fuck it, it I'm gonna go every single time. I'm still gonna make it one of my most important meetings and I felt good every single time. As a result of doing that. I've seen a more positive benefit from actively moving. Do you know what I mean? As opposed to sitting down and playing playstation for three hours, I'm probably more, I probably get more of a mentally meant. I get more mentally clear going to the gym than what I would playing three hours on the ps going. Okay, I'm relaxed'm relaxed, I'm entertained. Of course, Do you know what I mean? Yeah, so I kind of feel that the movement that's right Over mental stimulation, that's right. So if you're going to tell, if you're going to say, well, what do I do? What would I?
Speaker 2:The lazy part of me would want to watch the movie and play PlayStation. The new high performer in me, not the new the high performer in me wants to be going to the gym, so I'd say it'd be that that's the space I'd live in. But you know what I allow myself to do the lazy shit too. I want to watch a fucking movie. I'm going to watch a movie. You know what I mean. I'm not going to be like, oh shit, I've got the yacht to get this week. I'm not going to get the yacht if I watch this movie. I allow myself that as well. What do you do Downtime? Yeah, oh yeah, just to recharge. Downtime meditating. What do you do?
Speaker 3:I don't meditate. I feel like I should.
Speaker 2:I kind of hear what you're saying. Yeah.
Speaker 3:I feel like, hey, come on, man, give it five minutes. But also when I go now I do so 75 hard. I've kept some of the stuff going yep, good like I still go for walks.
Speaker 2:I think it's yeah great. Should keep your steps up, dude. It's massive, just go for a walk like just go and just.
Speaker 3:But you know, I like now I have the freedom of if I'm gonna go for a 32 minute walk, I'm gonna go for 32 minute. Before it was like 45 minutes, but now it's like let's do some walk, man, 45 minutes, it has to be 45. 45,. You know what I?
Speaker 2:mean. But now it's like let's do some walk. Man, 45 minutes, Massive dude, how far were you walking?
Speaker 3:I would get from my place to Kerford Road, PR back.
Speaker 2:That's not that far. That's 42 minutes yeah.
Speaker 3:Kerford Road, not the first PR.
Speaker 2:I know I live off Kerford Road, not the first pier.
Speaker 3:I know I live off Kerford Road. Yeah, do I, yes, I do. Yeah, I walk all the way up on the path and then up the pier.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and then back. Oh, okay, yeah, cool, yeah. Yeah, that's good that you've kept it going. I think it's important because it's a lifestyle change.
Speaker 3:It's not just a fad. Yes, bad. Yes, also, I like the. I plug my headphones in, like I get my most headphones. Yeah, put them on and I play an audiobook on two speed and I probably don't notice two speeds.
Speaker 2:Two speeds fast man.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I was listening to two speed the other day, someone's on the other day. When you listen to on two speed, do you walk faster? No, so I said I think that is jog, yeah I can't help it. Yeah, I just gotta move to the sound uh, yeah, I was listening.
Speaker 2:I did 1.2 the other day because I'll still, I don't want the voice. The chipmunk, the straps distracts me a little bit, does it?
Speaker 3:I think so I'll say I said every um, every book is different. Yeah, and I'll show you the one I'm listening to now. I'm listening to it on two speed and I'll show you what it sounds like. Tell me if you think this is a bit excessive. It's a lot to learn.
Speaker 2:Put on the mic. Create the proper first impression.
Speaker 3:It has been demonstrated how much people tend to judge based on first impressions and the difficulties they have in real life. So it's not like I still think that's fast. It's two speed. I'm going to read the book in half a dot.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but I still think that I still do. You read along, or are you just?
Speaker 3:listening this far, I'm just listening. I've actually I don't think I like to listen and read Barre d'Ager yeah, I don't think I like it. I've done it with a few books still, and I was doing it with Gary Vee's book. Yeah, but he goes. You said he goes sideways too, and he goes. Don't screw up for a second, you guys.
Speaker 1:And then you're like dude go back to the book man.
Speaker 3:But, yeah, I was listening to, I stopped listening to him and just kept reading, yeah, and I stopped listening to him and just kept reading, yeah, and I started to enjoy the book more. Very good.
Speaker 2:So, yeah, I don't know your two speeds, you're used to it, Maybe I just I upped it a little bit. I did 1.2.
Speaker 3:I went from 1 to 1.2 to 1.5 to 1.7 to 2. Do you know what I mean? But you get to the point now where, if I listen at 1.5, I'm like man, this is slow, yeah, yeah, like they're talking so slow.
Speaker 2:It's almost like, hey guys, they're like man, hurry up, tell me what I need to know Do you ever go back and listen to something like oh, that was good Do you ever go back 30 seconds.
Speaker 3:Yeah, sometimes my mind wanders and then if I look at the chapter and I'm like I don't know what to do, I'll just start the chapter again. It's a dead focus, yeah, yeah. And another thing is you have to focus because it's going so fast. Yeah, correct, yeah. So you're like I can't pay attention to anything else, like I need to, just like I do it in the sauna. Do you do it in the car? No, I'll crash. I can't not on two speed. You don't know what's going on. You have to pay attention. What about lower, like a slower?
Speaker 2:speed sometimes, but I often listen to stuff in the car. That's when I'm, whenever I'm driving. I hardly get a car.
Speaker 3:I've got one of you at the moment so that I don't even find visits with that in two speed yeah, but yeah, that's one thing I've kept going that I think is really good and it has allowed me to keep a clear head. But one of my favorite things to do and I've shared this before as well is I go and I sit in the bush and I have a digital detox. Good, I put literally, my phone gets put away Like it is a reception. Even if you have your phone there, you can't do anything Unless you have Starlink I. It is no reception, you can't. Even if you have your phone there. You can't do anything Unless you have Starlink. I don't have Starlink, um, and then the phone just goes away. I don't need it. It sits in swag Speaking of Starlink.
Speaker 2:Is it meant to be really good internet speeds? It's pretty good yeah, because the other day idiotic home, oh man, we've got. What do we got cable? Now is that?
Speaker 3:no, what's um fiber yeah, adsl no I hate yourself.
Speaker 2:Yeah, nbn, nbn. What a fucking joke your internet's no good man, I had like three meg the other day like download. I'm like like netflix was pausing. You know what I mean, do you know?
Speaker 1:why that happens? No, because most of the cables the internet cable that is connecting to the world is underneath the sea yeah so every single time there's like a storm, a hurricane, whatever shit happens underneath like, the internet goes very slow in australia, especially australia, that's what I said like especially so they ran a cable yeah, all the fiber cables are underneath in the sea where is the internet?
Speaker 2:is this come is? It like some, is there internet island. There is no way hold on. Hold on, I was internet, you reckon everyone's.
Speaker 3:You could be swimming one day, and just there, ah, cable no, it is pretty deep.
Speaker 1:I would be able to like.
Speaker 3:I'm a pretty good swimmer, right trust me, so I don't understand who finds it today. How did they get in there?
Speaker 1:if there are like servers in australia for like google, facebook or whatever like social medias, yeah, if you want to connect somewhere else, like maybe trying to play a us video games like steam or something, yeah on other places, yes, and then it suddenly starts to go very, very slow.
Speaker 3:If there is like something jamming, like yeah that makes sense, but you're kind of there are those cables in the sea. Yes, they are when.
Speaker 1:Because I couldn't play Dota. For a couple of weeks I was in Perth and I searched deep, deep, I did the ping, check, the milliseconds and everything. I called the TPG internet provider and I went deep to the threads and I found out that the whole internet that is connecting the whole world through like to australia, is like underneath the sea. That's bizarre. It is inside the ocean all this time. Where does it go to? It goes to like other countries, everywhere, like singapore, hong kong so we're all connected by wires.
Speaker 2:We are connected by wires, so that's where we get our internet from. Like the mothership of internet is in another country.
Speaker 1:The internet is like something that connects the whole world.
Speaker 3:The internet is just connecting each other, when you think about it, and it's just putting everything in a place where you can access it from anywhere. Yeah, so where's the central point?
Speaker 1:There is no central point, there's more than one. Yeah, so what happens is that Google actually downloads the whole internet and they have massive servers between borders, so they do not pay any taxes on anything like that. Oh.
Speaker 3:Oh, do you wear sunscreen Now Like that? No, do you wear sunscreen Now, like tonight In general. Yeah, so the-.
Speaker 2:At night, like I put some on before I came here, did you really? Why would I put sunscreen on On the box? It's not the sun's not out, it's my time.
Speaker 3:I'll tell you how I got there, because that sounds like you were reading someone's conspiracy theory about Google. And then I had a conversation with someone the other day.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was a conspiracy theory.
Speaker 3:The sunscreen or the Google the.
Speaker 1:Google one. Oh yeah, 100%. But the idea is that Google does download the whole internet, so they have massive.
Speaker 3:That's how you get the split-section search results. Yeah, because they're not crawling the internet. They've got it downloaded. Yes, sick, I knew that. That's 100% fact. But do they pay tax? Probably not.
Speaker 2:They're fucking big enough not to. That's what I mean we were talking about last episode. When you get to that level, the game's easy. Things fall your way. Different game. So yeah, Apple and Google they do their taxes.
Speaker 1:In get to that level, the game's easy, things fall your way. Yeah, different game. So yeah, apple and google, they do their taxes in ireland yeah, I don't believe that.
Speaker 3:Do you wear sunscreen sometimes? Interesting. Do you wear sunscreen Me, yeah, every day, just on my face and my ears Cool yeah. Thanks for joining us tonight, guys, it was great to have you here. Someone was telling me it's very bad for you and I was like carcinogenic? Oh no, just like the chemicals in it. And blah, blah, blah. And the world, the people who tell you to wear sunscreen, are trying to get you to wear it because they don't want you to get the good stuff from the sun. Like that's a very conspiracy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, so that actually works like this. So the sun has like two different uvs. It's called uva and uvp very original. Yeah, so uva is the one that goes on onto your skin yeah, it's very bad. Uvb goes right through your body or whatever shit happens yeah, I might be mixing it up. Or the one that goes like through windows or something like that. Yeah, and it is pretty damn toxic if you think about it sun, this, yeah, it's damaging, it is damaging.
Speaker 1:So, if you think about it, sun, yeah, it's damaging, it is damaging. So, if you think about it, the sun is just a giant ass nuclear bomb that is radiating. Yeah, far away, far away, it's like God it's hot. We're just getting it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I think you are better. Like you know how people say you need the sun, blah, blah, blah. So I was like, okay, are these people right? So I went and did some Google searching and I was like what countries have the least amount of sunlight? Like, if this is true and sun's that important, these people are probably dying really young. And then I found out it was countries like Finland. And then I was like what's the average? Like yeah, highest. And I'm like, well, this doesn't make any sense. You know what I mean If the sun was that important that you should never wear sunscreen because it's fucking what you need. But these people hardly see any sun in Finland. They have days where they've got like a few hours of sun and they also have days where they have 20 hours of sun.
Speaker 1:See that shit. Yeah it's called the white nights or shit. Yeah, it's called the White Nights or something.
Speaker 3:Yeah it's like 10.30 at night and the sun's still in. Very original, that was a good one. Uva, and UVB, great stuff. The guys.
Speaker 1:Yeah, sick. Oh, I also had one extra fact about George saying like you do like go to the gym to like unpack, like yeah. So there is actually a fun fact about people who exercise and people who don't exercise the amount of calorie they burn is a difference between, like, only 100 calories. That's it, what so? What happens is that the human body has a survival mode which burns the exact same amount of calories even if you work out, if you walk 10 kilometers, or you don't think.
Speaker 3:If you work out, your body will then naturally burn less later now it's like it's burning something else.
Speaker 1:So what happens is that, even if you're in a resting position, you will still burn around like whatever it is like 2005 so yeah, like you will burn that, but the actual part that is burning is your, all your cells, so they are overworking, not your muscles.
Speaker 3:I think you went too deep on that thread.
Speaker 1:So what happens is that you exercise so you're burning your excess calories. If you don't exercise, your body will naturally burn those calories, but they will also create inflammation and stress to your whole body and your brain, so you would get more moodier, angrier. So exercising actually helps you burn all of the excess calories you've already taken in by food, so it helps you like.
Speaker 3:You know how they say calories in, calories out. You don't lose weight. You need to consume less than you burn. It's simple math. I don't believe it. I'll tell you why. Because I didn't hold back on food during the carnival diet yeah, I was eating like lunch six eggs, eight eggs, it's like 700, 800 calories Caked in butter and salt, just that. And then I'd have as much meat as I could eat at night and I lost 13 kilos.
Speaker 1:So that is related to carbohydrates. So carbohydrates are like molecules of glucose, saccharose and what is it called Fructose-like things. Yeah, so they are like pure, like they can be related straight up to calories, which is like energy. Calorie is the meaning of like how much energy you spend to get one liter of water to up one Celsius. So that is the definition of calories. Yeah, so even if we can measure meat as calorie, it still has proteins in it, it still has fat in it, it has like lower like glucose or whatever, like the sugar inside.
Speaker 3:That's right compared to like wheat and like, but then yeah, but then that means that whole calorie and calorie thing isn't right.
Speaker 2:No, but that's, that's correct. It's not because you can't have lollies, uh, you know to.
Speaker 3:So people say if you know the whole thing, if a 50, if a 50 macros, you know you can have whatever you want.
Speaker 1:Counting calories is a dumb fact. It's so bad. Yeah, like I just explained to you. Like, yeah, calorie the definition is like getting one liter of water up by one celsius. That is calories. Yeah, it's not about like burning or something like. It's just the definition of energy, energy consumption yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2:So you, you eating a thousand calories of lollies or chips. It's not the because they're eating a thousand calories, because you they explained this, I can't what. I think it was the movie it was docu-series called that sugar film. No documentary, just a single. Uh, I think it was meant for an hour and a half or something, but they were saying the sugar companies like coca-cola and all these massive companies were arguing with or got their expert doctors out because they were saying how bad sugar is and it's carcinogenic and all this sort of stuff. And they were trying to defend their position saying no, no, it's calories in, calories out, it doesn't matter what you're having. As long as you're consuming less than 3,000 calories a day, it's fine. But there is a difference. You can't consume 1,000 calories of, can't consume a thousand calories of coke and a thousand calories of meat and expect, yeah, but that's the theory, isn't?
Speaker 3:it. What do you mean? The theory? The theory that no matter what you eat as long as it's with you?
Speaker 2:no, it's not it's not a theory. It's not a theory, it was a. I think it was more propaganda than anything like that. Because it's not. They're not the same. Yeah, I've learned that I've right.
Speaker 3:You've seen it. Yeah, this is not real. What you guys claim is not real, oh, if you consume less calories? No, it's not true.
Speaker 2:No, no. But if you do, no, if you're in a calorie deficit, you will lose weight.
Speaker 3:No, but that's what I'm saying to you. Okay, if you're in a calorie deficit, you will lose weight, but that's that were also working out twice a day for 45 minutes.
Speaker 2:Does it matter?
Speaker 1:How does it matter? It doesn't matter.
Speaker 2:Don't listen to him. He doesn't matter.
Speaker 3:Hold on, okay. So I had some days where I was just lacking energy and I just went for a walk twice a day. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but walking is still good for you and will contribute to weight loss. Yes, I agree, if you a day 45 minutes, you're probably walking probably 15, past thousand steps a day.
Speaker 3:I was eating Like I was full. I was almost never hungry yeah, that's good. On this diet, Do you know what I mean? I was almost never. I ate most nights until I couldn't eat, not until like I would say shit. I was like man, that's good, like I don't eat. Not till like I would say shit. I was like man, that's good, like I don't want it anymore. Yeah, yeah, but I was making custard and eating that with honey and eating cheese and honey, and do you know what I mean? And it's like it still all went away and it's like this would have some calories in it. Yeah, galleries, I'm eating custard. I'm eating, um, you know, as much cheese as I want, as much meat as I want, as much eggs as I want. I was eating. Do you like eggs? Yeah, eggs are sad. Like eggs, I'm hungry.
Speaker 3:You don't seem very sure we should get something's weighed after this. We're mackers donuts, oh, yeah, well, oh, another thing mcdonald's beef. Yeah, real beef, real beef? Oh, well, it would be. You know, everyone claims oh, it's not beef, it's real beef, it is so clean, it is so clean. I can even now like, if I go eat a pizza, I feel it it's still. Oh, it's heavy. I can go eat Macca's beef and it's fine Beef, not the burgers Beef, it's real beef, dude. Yeah. Yeah, I think people just talk shit.
Speaker 1:I'm just trying to expose every single fat. But yeah, to go back to um what I was saying. So, yeah, there's also one extra effect. So sugar, and so the base is glucose, right, glucose creates inflammation in your body. Inflammation is the meaning of like your cells are going crazy, so you do. You will get fat by eating sugar yeah, yeah, I 100 agree. I'm gonna get some and you will get stressed out and you will become angry and you have like, yeah, there's so many.
Speaker 2:There's so many stability. That's right. By eating sugar diet's massive diet is huge with your performance in and out of business. Do you know what I mean If you're eating like shit? When you eat like shit, you feel like shit, 100%.
Speaker 3:You know it every single time, 100%. It's irrefutable.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and when you're eating good, you feel good, it's so good. What did I have today for dinner? I just had good, wholesome, healthy food. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I just had good, wholesome, healthy food. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, I had meat and a salad. That was pretty much it. So what did we eat? Steak.
Speaker 3:Yeah, nice.
Speaker 2:Do you know what I mean? It was just yeah, it was, it was filling, it was nice, that was it. Yeah, and like yeah, would chocolate cake have tasted better.
Speaker 3:Probably in that moment, but if I had a whole cake and then, like you, would feel like shit after. Yeah, doing the whole thing made me like my gut kind of reset, yeah.
Speaker 2:And now, whenever I eat something, I can't wait to see your test results, your blood test results. I'm really curious to see yeah, really curious to see if there's been an improvement in that, where they can come back to. You're going to sit with your doctor and go through it, or they're just going to send it to you. I know more than them yeah, how funny it's like.
Speaker 3:Did you check that as well? It'll be I just I get it done so regularly. I know you know what to look yeah that's what I want to see. I'm like what is that? And I've googled it. Do you take creatine? I've got some. I don't take it as often as I should.
Speaker 2:I was listening to a neuro psychologist or something like that. I can't remember her name. She came up the other day. I'll send it to you, nicola.
Speaker 3:I think it might be. Actually We've been in the conversation.
Speaker 2:Yeah, she's actually like smart girl, like really smart, anyway, she was saying, and that it's like one of the best things you can possibly take. One of the best things you can take from even a. It's been proven.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's the thing, isn't it? Yeah, it's just like taking it daily. I did take it today. I haven't been taking it, yeah.
Speaker 2:But saying it's one of the cleanest things that you can be taking and it's got proven like they've done enough clinical tests now and it's been around for a lot long enough that it's shown to have reduction of alzheimer's disease by like 35 percent. Um, sick, yeah, that's massive. It's one of those. Yeah, it's just cool. But it's one of those things that you can take whilst you're training. It's safe. It's actually a good thing for you to be having it.
Speaker 2:So I mean again, I've been taking it now for the last probably three, four months and I've definitely noticed a difference at the gym as well. It's not because you don't become like you become stronger, you just are able to push through the rep maybe one or two more, or you push through it a little bit easier, but I haven't noticed any change. Body. I have noticed change in body shape, but that's purely because I've been training consistently for a while. It's all diet man. Yeah, 100%. The end result absolutely is, absolutely is that's why I wanted to try and move towards a carnivore-type diet, not as strict as what you were doing it, but definitely cutting out a lot of the stuff outside of that.
Speaker 3:Do it for 30 days.
Speaker 2:Yeah, 100%. I wanted to do it for a bit longer, but I don't think I would struggle with it as much because I really enjoy me. Yeah, you get over it. I'm sure I would, but I'm saying I'm not going to be like you were to that degree. I'll probably have some vegetables here and there.
Speaker 3:Oh, I like that. It's going to be the core part of my food. They don't have vegetables, they have fruit. What's the difference? Apparently the animal-based diet. They don't recommend vegetables. Oh, okay, they say fruit Because vegetables have pesticides and stuff. Have a fruit salad.
Speaker 2:They don't have fruits as well. Have that sort of stuff.
Speaker 3:No, they're not the fridge ground trays, it's just kind of ground. Okay, I don't know, I had no scientific backup to how that theory, but that's the theory. Do I keep kicking your foot Five footies? Yeah, that's the theory. But back to what I was saying. So I go to the bush for three days, disconnect from everything.
Speaker 2:What would you say? What would you say Okay, so that's how you disconnect business owner.
Speaker 3:That's how I disconnect. Yeah, I disconnect. No emails, no social media, no phone.
Speaker 2:It's important for employees to disconnect.
Speaker 3:Here's the thing I think employees don't understand that they are already psychologically trained to disconnect. What do you think your weekends are? Yeah, so true, isn't it? Yeah, I mean like what you think you'd like. Do you really reckon you need two days off? Yep, no, you are psychologically brainwashed to have two days off and disconnect.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's funny you mentioned that because the other day I said to my employee and I saw he was falling behind and stuff I said listen, okay, you're about to go away. If I need these things done before you leave, yeah, if you need to come in on a Saturday, I expect you here on a Saturday. It's like part of your employment contract, like, if you're falling behind, saturdays are available for you to work. They're not optional, they're not like oh no, I'm never going to work Saturday. No, no, if you need to work Saturdays, you work a Saturday. And he didn't come in. He got in on a Saturday. I don't see the work getting done quicker, right, or things getting done, but he still didn't come in the Saturday because it's his time. You know what I mean. It was like, as you said, that's mine. No, no, it's mine. Yeah. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass, but I'm being a dick.
Speaker 3:There's a boss, but here you go. Could they do the work required within the correct time frame, because you've got to do one of two things.
Speaker 2:We're talking about this today. I can't there's so much shit going on but it was saying with about busy, being busy and not productive. Yeah right, I know that there's areas in their work life, now that I've been doing everything myself, that they need to improve on their productivity. I've seen it now and that's what I'm going to sit down with them when they get back both of them individually and together and say listen, you were away for this long. You were away for this long.
Speaker 2:During this period, I had to cover you everywhere and do all the shit that I do, and you know, they all see how I work and what I have to do. As I had, I do it. I know what I did and I know what needs to be done. And I don't expect you to ever work like me, because you're never going to be me, not your business, so I don't expect you to work that way. But in the same token, I do expect a level of competency and productivity at what you're doing and me doing.
Speaker 2:All of your work over the last three, four weeks has shown me holes in what you're doing. So now I need to show you ways that you can be more productive, to get more done, and if that means I need to have targets there, if you need a time block, you need to do a whole range of things. Well, that's what I'm going to help you do and achieve that, because, yes, you're right, you should be able to achieve everything in the day, in your monday to friday. If you're coming in on saturday, it's it's either because you want to get ahead or because you've fucked around you in the week that's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:Yeah, like the job is doable, that's right in their 40 hours, without a doubt.
Speaker 2:Yeah, without a doubt, I think it can, can be. And then Saturday look, there is needs for Saturday, like sometimes they might have to go to site and do something that's only available for them to do on a Saturday. So be it. Go and work. That's the role. Don't get paid on the ceiling. No, because they get compensated enough. They get paid above award rates. Yeah, so whether or not you pay when you work on a Saturday, it's an annual salary. It's not an hourly rate that I pay. Yeah, yeah, but because I pay more than awards. Even if you took into consideration that over time they did it on every Saturday they work. They're still getting paid for it.
Speaker 3:How many Saturdays would they do a year?
Speaker 2:The guys this year I don't even think they work for Saturday In the office that is. The boys on site tend to work more Saturdays because stuff goes on.
Speaker 3:We get trades come in on a Saturday. Yeah Well, you can look at it in one of the two ways, because I've been there, I've had that employee mindset.
Speaker 2:Oh, me too. But I was very good at switching off too. I don't know what you were like when I was working in my professional career. I was really good at 5 o'clock or 5,. Whenever I finished, whenever I knocked off the second, I was in the car or on the train. I was like there is nothing that's bothering me right now. Yeah.
Speaker 3:Do you okay, okay, do you think that that's what they look forward to and that's why they don't work Saturdays? Because they're like switch it off? I'm not going to switch off because so I used to do Saturdays, but I used to do it because it was overtime and I got paid. Yeah, I was like I work Saturday, make some extra cash. Yep, half day or whatever. Yep, it's like that. Yep, 100%. I think there's that. I was like I work Saturday, make some extra cash.
Speaker 2:Yep Half day or whatever Yep, it's like that. Yep A hundred percent I think there's that, and then also that they okay, oh fuck, I have to. This is my day to sleep in.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I remember feeling like that, yeah.
Speaker 2:A hundred percent, I feel. I reckon they feel like that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, yeah. So you got to do. Either make them do more during the week and tell them about Saturdays, or give them a reason to come in on Saturday.
Speaker 2:Okay, I'll pay you less during the week and then you come in and I'll pay you overtime on Saturday. Yeah, that's, Do you know what I mean? But I'm already paying. Technically.
Speaker 3:I'm already paying you for Saturdays, yeah yeah, but so people there's just Value and perceived value are not the same thing. That's right, you know what I mean.
Speaker 2:But this is where I mean I think they've got it good. Yeah, do you know what I mean? And when they all get back, I'm cracking the whip. Yeah, I'm going to come watch, you should. We'll come to a video. Yeah, you should watch it. I'm cracking the whip, but it's not because, like, I'm not doing this from an authoritarian point of view, I'm the boss point of view. I'm the boss, fucking. Work harder, you know it's like capitalism.
Speaker 3:If I was you, I'd buy a whip. I'll take it back. Ah, so in a few days, get a whip and just sit there like you ready?
Speaker 1:yeah, so they're practicing I've got my cans up smacking the cans like wait till they come in I'm straining.
Speaker 2:The might send him a couple of reels.
Speaker 3:Just go see what's yeah, you see what's about to be cracking. Not only did I do your job, I also picked up a new skill but yeah, it's gonna be a matter of that too.
Speaker 2:So listen, like you've got to lift your game, I've realized how much work you guys do and I'm again I'm. I believe that they're busy, they do and they I'm not.
Speaker 1:I'm probably making it sound like they do. I got a very good question. Yeah, is this everything a concern to you to buy the super yacht to be like bothered by one employee? What do you mean by that? Is this a concern to buy a super yacht? Like getting bothered by one employee, one or two employee? Whilst.
Speaker 2:I'm on the super yacht. What's the question? Yeah, like, is this a concern to you? It's a concern to me. Now, are you saying thinking To buy the super yacht? No, I think it would be in the future. Like, you want your employees to be productive. Yeah, the more productive they are at their role, then the quicker the super yacht's coming. You know I, the quicker the super yacht's coming.
Speaker 2:They need to be good performers. They get paid well, everyone gets paid well here to do a job and at the end of the day, they've got to perform. There is a level of performance in any role that you do. It's not a fucking holiday, even though both of them are on holidays right now. When you're here, you've got a role to do. You've got to fulfill your role. It's the same as in any sport no matter how good you once were, if you're not continuously performing, the team's going to cut you. You're going to either go, be promoted down to the reserves, or you're going to get let go or traded somewhere else. That's the same in business. But why We've got this stigma? Oh, you can't just fire someone. You have to give them three warnings. You have to no, fuck you, like, if you're not going to do what you need to do. I'm not going to hold. I'm going to be held to ransom because you're a shit performer. Again I want to reiterate my employees are not shit, my employees are actually really good.
Speaker 2:They're excellent employees, right? I'm I'm very fortunate to have a really good team. I've just seen inefficiencies now that I've been doing their job and my job. I've seen inefficiencies in what they're doing Now. I take that as my complete responsibility, because I haven't given them the skills or knowledge on how to manage their workload properly, so that is completely my fault. Now, after I tell them what I think they need to do to increase their productivity and have these targets there, if they fail after that, well then that's a question, that's a discussion I need to have with each of them and go well, what are you doing here? What are you doing here?
Speaker 1:my idea was that isn't it better to get everything straight up by changing the company culture in itself?
Speaker 2:The culture? I don't think the culture is the issue here. I think it's more a management of their time. That's what I've seen, because I've been able to complete all their work and my work predominantly by time blocking. Do you time block Sometimes? So in this instance, I've had to set time aside to do certain tasks.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I haven't had to yeah my calendar's up into the public, yeah, so I try and let it open yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:So I've had to. I've had to time block and go cool. On this day I'm doing invoicing. On this day I'm doing reporting. On this day I'm doing hindering. On this day I'm doing phone calls, whatever. So I've had to do that now with them. I'm going to set up a similar thing and go cool From now on.
Speaker 2:I want you guys. You're going to have this day for invoicing and you're going to have this day for invoicing. You need to complete all your invoices on a weekly basis, not cram study at the end of the month. Now I'm going to say, okay, this month, these are the packages that you need to get rid of as far as engage a subcontractor to do the work, a plumber, sparky carpenter and so on. Isn't that micromanaging too much? No, no, these are KPIs. I'm not doing the work for them. I'm telling them what their targets are. So each month or each week, they've got targets that they need to achieve because I know it can be done.
Speaker 2:I've done their role before, not just recently. I used to do it when I was working for an employer, so I know what needs to be done in order for that to happen. So if they're not doing it, then they're either not, they're getting distracted by other things that aren't important, or they're wasting time, or they're not productive, like there's things there that are coming up that they've got to fucking sort out, and if they don't, well don't. Then come to me and say oh, you know, I deserve a pay rise.
Speaker 1:I'm working really hard. Last question, please Would you do the same.
Speaker 2:If you had 1,000 employees, it would be on a different scale. I would probably have managers rolling this out. I wouldn't be doing it individually, but at the moment I can and I will, because they see I'm the leader of the company, it's my responsibility, I have to lead them. So they need to have those. I need to show them those skills, and maybe it means I need to get them training. Maybe I need to do a training course on time management. Maybe I need to spend half a day with them with that whiteboard over there and draw up exactly how I'd go about my day and what they should do. I also leave it open to them too. If you think you can do this better and you have a better way that works for you personally to manage your time, do it. If you think you can do it better, but if you don't hit your targets, then you're going to go back to doing it my way, because my way works, or this way I have been taught, or this way, this course that I have done, go to it.
Speaker 2:I'm sending some of my employees now to a leadership course next weekend. I guess I've got some of them going there because I want them to learn to be great leaders, because one day I'm going to step away from this role and I need someone else to step into it to then be able to lead the team in such a way that's impactful and meaningful and going to push the company in the right direction. So everything I'm doing here it's from a sense of the experience I've had over the last few weeks, but also because I know they're capable of more. I can see them doing more. Why would I not want to encourage that and get them to be the best versions of themselves? Because that can flow on to other aspects of their life, not just in their business.
Speaker 2:And eventually they're not going to work for me. One day, the company's either going to go away or we're all going to die. As we said, we're all going to die. So one day they're not going to die. So one day they're not going to be working here Now, whether that's with me or with another organization or something that maybe they decide to go into a completely different field that happens too. Cool, you'll be better off as a result of working here.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I agree, I agree. I think I get what you're trying to say as well, Iggy, though in the sense of you feel like maybe you're not focusing on the right thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah that's what he's trying to say.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he's trying to say yeah, he's like is you getting 20% more out of the boys? Can they get you the super yacht? Yeah, yes, it will.
Speaker 2:Yes, it will, because it's two employees today, so that's 40% more out of two people. But when it's a thousand people and I'm getting 20% more out of a thousand people, that's getting me the super yacht. For sure, for sure.
Speaker 3:But the difference is how I roll it out. Yes, I, I agree. I also think it's it's an important thing, because then, if you don't, and then some you go get a gun, and then he comes and he sits with the boys and sees what they're only doing this much, he will drop down.
Speaker 2:He'll drop yeah drop yeah, whereas if you've got the high performers, you've got those guys that are at that 80% mark as far as their efficiency is concerned. That one person that's at 40 will raise up to their level. Yeah.
Speaker 3:Whereas I think you're bang on. That's right. I agree with you. I think that's a very important thing and I think if you've noticed it, they'll never do as much as you. But if you've noticed it to the point where you're like, dude, it's taken up a third of my week and I'm doing this whole job and it's like, okay, cool, Again, I'm downplaying it.
Speaker 2:No, no, you didn't say that to me. Yeah, because I know what I sound like. Sometimes. I know what I sound like.
Speaker 3:Sometimes I am downplaying how much of their work I'm doing in the sense that yeah, like the aspect of their jobs that you're not doing. That's right. Yeah, there's still things that I haven't touched that they do.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you're just keeping it under control, I've got it under control and, honestly, if you said to me, can you do this for the rest of the year, I'd say no. Do you know what I mean? I reckon you could, of course I could. I'm just trying to fucking save some face here, so people don't think I'm just a split arse, bad humble, that's right.
Speaker 3:No, I wouldn't want to though.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't want to.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I know, of course, you wouldn't.
Speaker 2:I see there's things there Like, for example I know now there's a roofing package that's ready to go, but I haven't looked at it. I know Simon's coming back on Monday.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he can do it, but I could, like it's something that needs to be done. Yeah, you can probably do it tomorrow. It's not super urgent, though, because we're not up to the roof. Like, I've got another month before we're doing roof, so Simon can do this. I've left it, but I mean, if I had to do that and then if I had to do the next- yeah, but if I, if you were going to end up doing it, would you have done it by now?
Speaker 3:Absolutely so if you knew like it's hard, I wasn't coming back for three months and you knew-. Oh I would have already done it.
Speaker 2:I would have done it yesterday. I would have done it today. Yeah, it's not going to take me that long to do. The other question is would they have done it? See, this is where I feel they get distracted, because they there's that book the One Thing Focus on doing the one thing, because the theory of multitasking is bullshit. If any of you are ever going, I'm a great multitasker, you're not. You're just really good at doing 80% of 10 things instead of finishing one, and you never finish any of those 10 things. You just do 60, 70, 80%, jumping in between. That's right, and you never actually accomplish anything. But when you focus on working on one thing and you finish that one thing and then you move on to the next one, you finish that one thing, you move on to the next one. That's when you have really productive days is there a better feeling than checklist?
Speaker 2:oh, I just love. I mean, I love completing a task and it's gone you know what I mean.
Speaker 3:It's like, when you look at it, like what a week. I've actually knocked some shit off the task.
Speaker 2:Heaps, heaps, heaps, man. It's like I said the other day all my invoicing, everything is up to scratch, like there's nothing's missed, everything's balanced out, everything's ready to go, everyone knows what they need to do. And these are some of the things that I need to improve in their efficiencies in the business, because when they get back, I'm going to expect it and Because when they get back, I'm going to expect it and I'm going to be like I'm just going to be a lot more strict with them. No more walk in the park, because I don't want to have to employ Exactly, it is, it's my duty as the business owner. I don't want to have to employ a third person or a fourth person because they're not efficient. Do you know what I mean? As in, because the current people here are inefficient, because I know that between them, they can handle the workload. They'll be busy, yes, but I want you to be busy and productive, not just one, not just busy. Yeah, I agree. So that's what I've learned over the last few weeks. And coming back to what you said before, to go through full circle, what you need to unwind.
Speaker 2:I think it was last unwind, I think it was last summer, I think it was a couple summers ago, like two years, two or three years ago, I remember my wife went away with the kids, um, to I think it was queensland or something like that just for a few days and went up with her, with her mom or whatever. They went somewhere. And during the days that they were away I was at home. Like it was actually during the holiday period, so during the construction holiday period, where we shut down everything, so no one's working, no one's doing anything. I was at home. I'm like, I'm bored, like what am I going to do? I didn't want to watch a movie. Do you want to play playstation? I actually came to the office and I worked and that, for me, was relaxing because no one was busting my balls, there was no pressure, there was nothing, I was just doing business stuff and that, to me, was actually relaxing as well.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I don't think that's downtime, though I get what you're saying. Yeah, that was you trying to use your time efficiently Intentionally. I don't mind doing this. Yeah, I was enjoying it.
Speaker 3:That's what I mean. Um, that's different to I'm burnt out, I'm gonna go do some business trying to think like better, go look at my numbers. Yeah, it's a very, very, um, very different, but yeah it, um. It definitely makes for an interesting conversation. I think a lot of people don't think about it enough, or they think that I need to have my weekends and I'm very, extremely dude. You want to have your weekends, have your weekends, but make sure it's your choice.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean, make sure that you chose a once-have-that-someday, and if that's your choice, that's fine.
Speaker 2:And look at where you are in your life as well. With everything, like your current status in life, like are you at in your life? Where's your opportunity to be doing the things that you want to do? And take advantage of that Because, for example, even yourself now, without having kids or a partner or someone that relies on you, you can selfishly and rightly so, do you? Fuck it? I'm going to work 43 days in a row. Yeah, I do that sometimes Exactly, but you can, yeah, and it's okay to do that, and you have a huge competitive advantage over me as a result of that. Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 3:Yeah, I don't think it's as big as I think it is like, because here's the thing you know those days where you even have those days where you're like, hey, I've got 15 things to do and I've got 27 minutes, yeah, and then you get 13 of them done and then you're like, hey, that's just powered through, that. I feel like that's what happens. I could be wrong, but I feel like when you have other things to attend to, that's what happens, because, murphy's law, the job will take as long as time you have, and the more time you have, sometimes it can hurt you. Yeah, do you know what I mean? Because if you have too much time, you can start to think, ah, I'll do this on the weekend, yeah, ah, and it's a consistent battle. Yeah, it's like, ah, I'll just, I'll call it early tonight and just sit down for a bit, because I'll get onto it tomorrow.
Speaker 3:Do you know what I mean? And it's like sometimes things can not get done in the necessary time, especially when, when you're in business. You know what I'm saying. Who are you answering to? Who's?
Speaker 2:going to get involved and do that thing? Yeah, exactly no one.
Speaker 3:I wouldn't do that thing. Yeah, exactly. No, you don't answer to anyone. Do you know what I mean? And then it's like that as well. It's like you don't have to answer to anyone and then it becomes a big discipline thing.
Speaker 2:Yeah, discipline's huge. Discipline's huge in business. Put a post up today about that as well. It's like motivation. You can't tap into motivation. You can't be like cool at 3 pm, I'm going to be, I'm just going to, but just even not watch anything. Just at 3 pm I'm just going to tap into my motivation pool and just fucking go. I'm ready to go to the gym, I'm ready to do the work. It doesn't exist. You can't just tap into it whenever you want. It's not a drug that's readily available in your body or externally, but discipline. Discipline is what's going to really help you with all of that. You can always do the do. That's it, that's it. Always do the do. And you when I say you, I'm talking to our listeners and watchers you.
Speaker 3:And watchers and watchers people are watching this. Viewers, the viewers, the watchers, whenever hey watchers and watchers.
Speaker 2:People are watching this.
Speaker 3:Viewers, the viewers, the watchers, whenever hey, watchers, the watchers, the viewers.
Speaker 2:Hey guys, what are?
Speaker 3:you laughing at me. Iggy Big, shout out to my watchers, to my watchers, we're going to change it up.
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Speaker 1:Send it to your mom. I think you guys have to see the subscribe like early in the episodes, not in the end alright, start the episode.
Speaker 3:Let's do it again. Back to the start. Start the episode again. But you didn't give our sponsor a bestial shout out.
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Speaker 3:I always see you wear that watch.
Speaker 2:I just wear it, I wear it. I wanted a watch that I could just wear daily and not really have to worry about. Like you know, it gets hit, it gets smashed around. This particular watch I can't remember which one, what model, mtg, yeah.
Speaker 3:MTG yeah, the MTG. Yeah, they know the one, it's a good one.
Speaker 2:Everyone knows that. Everyone knows that. Yeah, it's actually got perfect world time. Just a little fun fact for you oh it's Perfect world time. You don't set it yourself, no. No, it's Bluetooth, so it connects with my phone and it gives the perfect, exact time, wherever you are in the world.
Speaker 3:Wherever you are in the world, so as your phone does.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so as your phone does? Yeah, is that perfect time on your watch, as my watch does your Apple watch? But this is an analog watch, so I purposely didn't want a digital watch, didn't want to get another digital watch after I had my Apple watch, because it was too distracting for me and it was taking me away from everything that I did and was about. And then I went back to an analog watch and it was the best thing I ever did and I wear nice. I won't ever wear another digital watch, ever again.
Speaker 3:You reckon.
Speaker 2:Yeah, never. I've got no interest in getting another digital watch. I would much rather go out now and buy a proper, expensive watch that I can wear. And you know what? You know we talk about things we were talking the other day about you know you were going to buy a car and you were looking at buying a much nicer car or an expensive car. Yeah, it's like do I spend the money on that or do I put it in ads, or do I put it in the business or do this?
Speaker 2:I'm a bit like that too with a lot of things, and I feel like I love watches. I could have a watch collection, but I'm always like you know what? I say this to my wife. I was like it's all right, you can wear the Rolex or wear the G-Shock. You know you have that. I don't. I don't need it yet. I'm patient, I'm ready to, I'm happy to work a little bit harder. So it's almost like a daily reminder that I wear this watch too. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I don't. I don't. I don't feel ashamed wearing a G-Shock and not a Rolex. Do you know what I mean? But it's good. I kind of it's like the yacht scenario that we cool watch. But I just like you know what one day it'll be there. It'll be the rolex, it'll be the brettling, it'll be whatever I decide to be wearing on any given day.
Speaker 3:I don't know if I'd ever buy a full-on watch I might, we will. I just disagree with you.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, 100 I'll give it to you on the yacht. Can't wait. Be a birthday present? No, you will, because it just becomes. It's just a nice thing. I like a nice watch, but yeah, this episode sponsored by G-Shock. No one else always tells perfect time. It's got bluetooth connectivity. The.
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Speaker 2:Too much fun. Thank you very much, guys. As always, we'd love for you to share this with the greater community, with everyone, with anyone. You think that may get some value out of it. And who knows, maybe next episode we'll take Iggy's advice and ask you to subscribe at the start, not at the end or in the middle or in the middle, make sure you listen. Just randomly Just say, robbie, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, like what?
Speaker 3:Make people to subscribe. Now what's going on? Maybe we'll pre-record and you record an ad and add it in the middle of the sick. Yeah, there you go. Thanks a lot, guys. Thanks guys. Speak to you soon.
Speaker 2:Bye, oh oh, there's a good one late I'm 10, 50, fucking jesus.
